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US makes available...
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 4 months ago
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Friday 1 February 2013 Last Update 31 January 2013 10:22 pm Arabic language educational materials with a focus on science and technology will be available for free online without cost, according to Mofid Deak, the US Embassy Press Attache and
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Reprieve for Jill Meagher's Wikipedia page
Melbourne :: Australia | 4 months ago
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The Wikipedia page dedicated to murdered Brunswick woman Jill Meagher will be retained, after it was revealed it faced deletion because administrations questioned whether her death meet the online encyclopaedia's criterion of being "notable" enough
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School District Dumps $2 Million 'Online Textbook' Program After Discovering Some Students Can't Afford Broadband
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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According to the Washington Post (and confirmed on an official website ) Fairfax County Public Schools is currently in the process of replacing some recently licensed math textbooks with even newer paper copies...Pearson, Holt, and McGraw/Hill to
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Print a robot for under $1,000
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Gael Langevin , but he's not talking about an affordable piece of Scandinavian furniture. The 41-year-old French sculptor and model-maker is referring to his open-source, life-size, 3D-printed robot. Known as InMoov, Langevin's animatronic creation
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PAPER TRAIL: Jan 22, 2013 @ 12:40:00 am
Ann Arbor :: MI :: USA | 4 months ago
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Bookstores and libraries have started moving Lance Armstrong's books to the fiction sections. Following a glowing profile of the lefty political magazine Jacobin in the New York Times Books section, Jezebel wonders why young political magazines run
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School textbooks trying to keep up with digital options
Myrtle Beach :: SC :: USA | 4 months ago
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Adopting instructional materials is a 12-step process that goes from determining which subjects get new textbooks, to whether materials are aligned with appropriate standards and legislation, and which bids are accepted...It's a very long process,
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If MIT can offer free online courses, why can't the IIMs follow?
Bangalore :: India | 4 months ago
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Today MIT's OCW includes nearly 2,000 courses, accessed by over 35 million users worldwide; 60% from outside the USA. A number of leading universities in every continent has launched similar projects to leverage the availability of the worldwide web.
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Wikivoyage: Is The New Travel Site From Wikipedia The Guidebook Industry's Worst Nightmare?
New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 months ago
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Wikipedia launched its new crowd-sourced online travel guide Wikivoyage Tuesday and it's already causing a stir. Written by the traveler, for the traveler, the worldwide travel guide that anyone can edit launched Tuesday and puts a new spin on trip-
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Spoken Wikipedia in 20 Indian languages launched
Mumbai :: India | 4 months ago
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The two-day summit organised by Wikipedia Club Pune (WCP) began on January 12 focusing on increasing quality content of Wikipedia and its sister projects. The club holds several workshops, activities and projects throughout the year where volunteers
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Wikipedia, the people's encyclopedia
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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January 13, 2013 Wikipedia is the encyclopedia anyone can write and edit (yes, even you!), but most people don't think much about who performs those tasks. With half a billion people around the world relying on Wikipedia for information, we should.
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